My trip round Loch Muik Yesterday

[Elaine]

Loch Muik is part of the Balmoral estate. The big house at the edge of the Loch was once a retreat for Queen Victoria and Albert. There is a well kept Bothy at the back of the house for the use of hillwalkers and mountaineers. It's an eight mile walk around the Loch, personally I think its very scenic and atmospheric.
The weather was very mixed with strong winds, some hail and sunshine. All in all we had a super day and i was so tired last night that I flaked out in bed by 9pm last night.
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[Erin]

Gorgeous pictures Elaine,looks like a fantastic place,the scenery is beautiful.Glad you had a lovely day :)

[Animagus]

what stunning scenery...... great pics Elaine

[Moli]

Beautiful pictures Elaine...

[Mags]

What stunning scenery Elaine, it looks a fabulous place to go walking .....:D

Thanks for sharing your pics with us!:D

[dandysmom]

Really beautiful scenery..a great place to get away from the turmoil and relax! Thanks for sharing these!

[Elaine]

Glad you all enjoyed the piccies. We plan to make a trip out walking every few weeks or so, as i only get every 3rd weekend off at the moment.
I'll bore you all to death with the piccies every time we venture out:lol:
With the exception of Pat and Liz, if you lot cannt get up to Scotland, then Scotland will come to you:lol: :lol:

[alexgirl73]

Oh they're gorgeous pics Elaine. Making me a wee bit homesick!! I love the area all around Balmoral and such. Used to do the drive up the Glenshee pass a lot when we would come back from Glasgow to Aberdeen.

[Elaine]

Glenshee is lovely too:lol:

[yola]

What a beautiful, evocative place! I once spent a long weekend on the Black Isle and drove round Loch Ness and a couple of other Lochs (this was 20 years ago :shock: ) and I count it amongst one of my favourite places visited.

Lucky you having that on your doorstep - I hope the walk did the trick with blowing some of the stress away for you. :D

[Jac]

Fantastic Picc's. I love the sceneray. My most loved places are kyle of lochalsh, ullapool and Granton on Spey. Ahhh childhood holidays.

[Sweet]

I love Scotland....

Whats a well stocked Bothy? :oops: x

[Elaine]

A Bothy is a place for hillwalkers/moutaineers to take shelter. Normally people leave things of good use behind such as fire lighters, cooking oil, candles, matches etc.

[fatso]

beautiful pics. i was there last summer, it's a stunning place and a wonderful walk.
:D

[Phil]

Fab pictures - It's a walk I've wanted to do for ages.

[Elaine]

Tanx, its a walk I'll be doing again in a few months with Erin to raise some funds for Flintshire rescue. I hope we can count on a few sponsers from Catsey;) We will be doing it dressed as cats ofcourse:lol:

[Kazz]

Tanx, its a walk I'll be doing again in a few months with Erin to raise some funds for Flintshire rescue. I hope we can count on a few sponsers from Catsey;) We will be doing it dressed as cats ofcourse:lol:

You never mentioned that...........:-D

[Fran]

I must have missed this thread when it was originally posted. Super pictures, very picturesque! Looking forward to hearing all the gos when you and Erin do the walk!

[Elaine]

I'm mentioning it now Kazz:lol:

For a fee Fran, for a fee:lol:

Am currently looking into who is wearing which costume and will make a post about it nearer the time.;)

[Kim]

What great pictures Elaine. Glad you had a good time, I agree you are so lucky to have such a great place on your doorstep! Bet you slept well last night!

[Grete]

Stunning scenery :) Can;t wait to hear more about the walk dressed as cats ;)

[borderdawn]

What a fabulous place! Beautiful scenery and super pictures Elaine!

[angieh]

Thanks for the pics Elaine - what beautiful country. Looks a lot further than 8 miles around the Loch. I have not explored much of Scotland, apart from staying at St Andrews when a friend of mine was up at uni there and a Christmas at Applecross - saw a golden eagle there!

Good luck for the walk in April - I have sponsored you! Look forward to seeing you and Erin in your cat costumes!

[Elaine]

Thankyou Angie, and thankyou for your support too:D

[dinahsmum]

I think I've been there Elaine. Is there a hotel called something like (excuse ridiculous spelling) The MuickRack? If so, I've def. been there

[Elaine]

I think I've been there Elaine. Is there a hotel called something like (excuse ridiculous spelling) The MuickRack? If so, I've def. been there

I have no idea Hilary, I havent heard of it but there may be one in near by Ballater or Aboyne.

[dandysmom]

I think I've been there Elaine. Is there a hotel called something like (excuse ridiculous spelling) The MuickRack? If so, I've def. been there

I am such a nosy thing...:oops: is this it, DM?

http://www.aboutscotland.co.uk/moray/muckrach.html

[Elaine]

Ooooh now that looks lovely but you'd need to treck across the caingorms to get to Loch Muik from there.